Resubmission/Amended NHLBI Career Development (K Series) Awards are to be submitted for the Standard NIH Receipt Dates

Notice Number: NOT-HL-06-133

Key Dates
Release Date: August 7, 2006

Issued by
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/)

The purpose of this notice is to announce that NHLBI is accepting resubmission/amended K02, K08, K18, K23, and K24 applications on the standard NIH receipt dates as detailed in http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm (under Research Career Development K series: revised). This notice is effective immediately and supercedes earlier instructions on the NHLBI website which has also been updated.

Letters of intent (LOI) are requested from applicants who are planning to submit resubmission amended applications. These LOIs should be submitted one month in advance.

Resubmission/amended application date: Submit Letter of Intent:

November 1 October 1
March 1 February 1
July 1 June 1

LOIs should be forwarded by the appropriate deadline to:

Chief, Review Branch
Division of Extramural Affairs
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Two Rockledge Center, Room 7214
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7924
Bethesda, MD 20892-7924
Bethesda, MD 20817 (for express mail)
Telephone: (301) 435-0270
FAX: (301) 480-0730
Email: nhlbichiefreviewbranch@nhlbi.nih.gov

All applicants must submit a signed, typewritten original of the application, including the checklist, and three signed photocopies in one package to:

Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
Two Rockledge Center, Room 1040
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7710
Bethesda, MD 20892-7710 (U.S. Postal Service Express or regular mail)
Bethesda, MD 20817 (for express/courier service, non-USPS service)

Note that new and resubmission applications must include at least three sealed letters of reference attached to the face page of the original application. Applications submitted without the required number of reference letters will be considered incomplete and will be returned without review.

In addition to the copies sent to the Center for Scientific Review, two additional copies of the application and all five collated sets of the appendix materials must also be sent by the appropriate deadline to:

Chief, Review Branch
Division of Extramural Affairs
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Two Rockledge Center, Room 7214
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7924
Bethesda, MD 20892-7924
Bethesda, MD 20817 (for express mail)
Telephone: (301) 435-0270
FAX: (301) 480-0730
Email: nhlbichiefreviewbranch@nhlbi.nih.gov

For general information on NHLBI Career Development Awards K02, K08 and K23, please see: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/newintro.htm and for K18 and K24, please see: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/estintro.htm.

Looking Ahead: As part of the Department of Health and Human Services' implementation of e-Government, during FY 2006 the NIH will gradually transition each research grant mechanism to electronic submission through Grants.gov and the use of the SF 424 Research and Related (R&R) forms. Therefore, once the transition is made for a specific grant mechanism, investigators and institutions will be required to submit applications electronically using Grants.gov.. For more information and an initial timeline, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-067.html. NIH will announce each grant mechanism change in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html). Specific funding opportunity announcements will also clearly indicate if Grants.gov submission and the use of the SF424 (R&R) is required. Investigators should consult the NIH Forms and Applications Web site (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm) for the most current information when preparing a grant application.

Inquiry

For information, contact:

Lorraine Silsbee, M.H.S.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Two Rockledge Center, Room 8158
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934
Bethesda, MD 20892-7934
Phone: (301) 435-0709
FAX: (301) 480-1667
E-mail: SilsbeeL@nhlbi.nih.gov